a world of light

Day 57

Day 57

  The oldest living being on the planet   He was here before the ancient Egyptians began building the pyramids. He lived through the rise and fall of the Roman...

Day 57

  The oldest living being on the planet   He was here before the ancient Egyptians began building the pyramids. He lived through the rise and fall of the Roman...

Day 56 of a World of Light

Day 56 of a World of Light

Let it snow The Inuit may have 50 words for snow but the Scottish language has 421 words for their white rain, including:   skelf: a large snowflake spitters: small...

Day 56 of a World of Light

Let it snow The Inuit may have 50 words for snow but the Scottish language has 421 words for their white rain, including:   skelf: a large snowflake spitters: small...

Day 55

Day 55

The highest concentration of men over the age of 100 on the planet are found here…. The island of Sardinia in Italy—One of the world’s ‘Blue Zones’. In most populations, women...

Day 55

The highest concentration of men over the age of 100 on the planet are found here…. The island of Sardinia in Italy—One of the world’s ‘Blue Zones’. In most populations, women...

Day 54

Day 54

Elegant, graceful and pleasingly pink, Flamingos dance for their food and for their love. This is something that needs to be seen to be truly appreciated. These tall birds use...

Day 54

Elegant, graceful and pleasingly pink, Flamingos dance for their food and for their love. This is something that needs to be seen to be truly appreciated. These tall birds use...

Day 53

Day 53

A circle of life When a volcano in Tanzania collapsed in on itself, it left a 600m deep, 19km wide bowl-like depression which has become a sanctuary to over 30,000...

Day 53

A circle of life When a volcano in Tanzania collapsed in on itself, it left a 600m deep, 19km wide bowl-like depression which has become a sanctuary to over 30,000...

Day 52

Day 52

Great Art is Timeless 13,0000 years ago, near the end of the last Ice Age, humans arrived at the Amazon Basin and made it home. They painted the cliff walls...

Day 52

Great Art is Timeless 13,0000 years ago, near the end of the last Ice Age, humans arrived at the Amazon Basin and made it home. They painted the cliff walls...